A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT extending the terms of office from two to four years for municipal elections in the town of bethel beginning in 2021.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Bethel, being Chapter 20 of the Private Laws of 1873‑1874, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 97 of the Private Laws of 1927, and Section 2 of Chapter 609 of the 1953 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2. The officers of the Town shall consist of a mayor and five commissioners. Beginning in 2021, a mayor and five commissioners shall hold office for terms of four years each and until their successors are elected and qualified. On the first Monday in May, 2021 and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be held a general municipal election for the election of the mayor and commissioners of the Town."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.